A plea to keep animals in the circus: In Mexico City, Karla Rosales (center) leads other performers of the Fuentes Gasca Brothers
Circus in a chant protesting legislation that bans the use of animals in circuses. The performers fear that people will not come to circuses that have only human performers.

Photo: Sean Havey, Associated Press

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This is a job for Superman: The Man of Steel, a.k.a. Bebeto Fuentes (left), and his brothers, Alex
(center) and Juventino, perform on the trapeze at the Fuentes Gasca Brothers Circus in Mexico
City.

Photo: Sean Havey, Associated Press

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Grabbing a bite at the airport: Fans await the arrival of Luis Suarez outside Carrasco
International Airport near Montevideo after Uruguay's striker was slapped with a global four-month
ban for chewing on an opponent. It was the heaviest sanction against a player in World Cup
history.

Photo: Pablo Bielli, AFP/Getty Images

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One cannot underestimate what a role model Luis Suarez has been for Uruguay's youth. (Carrasco International Airport near Montevideo.)

Photo: Matilde Campodonico, Associated Press

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The pullup question: Sarah Burns clears the bar as she executes a proper pullup while
exercising at the Marines' Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C. In December, the Marines reported
that 55 percent of female recruits tested at the end of boot camp couldn't do three
pullups. Only 1 percent of male recruits failed the test.

Free food for the hungry: A displaced Pakistani mother and daughter wait to get relief supplies at a distribution center
in Bannu, Pakistan. Thousands of tribal people fled their villages in North Waziristan
following a massive army crackdown on militants.

Photo: B.K. Bangash, Associated Press

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Raccoons infecting tigers: A tiger named Mystery relaxes in his play area at the In Sync Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center in Wylie, Texas. Eight big cats at the rescue have recently died from canine distemper apparently contracted from raccoons near the animals' enclosures.

Good to see that Brian Wilson's new career is working out: A creation by French fashion designer
Maroussia Rebecq is shown for the Andrea Crews men's spring-summer 2015 fashion collection in
Paris.

Photo: Thibault Camus, Associated Press

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Really hoping he doesn't land on the photographer: James Todd does a board slide in Millennium
Park's skateboard park in Danville, Ky.

Photo: Clay Jackson, Associated Press

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David vs. Goliath Caterpillar: Israeli forces disperse stone-slinging opposition during clashes
at the weekly Palestinian protest decrying the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the
village of Kfar Qaddum, West Bank.

The wire test: An officer makes sure honor guards are lined up perfectly before a
welcoming ceremony for Myanmar President U Thein Sein and Chinese President Xi Jinping outside
the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

A stork plucks a tiny mouse from the grass of a meadow near Panschwitz-Kuckau, Germany.

Photo: Arno Burgi, AFP/Getty Images

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The Nostradamoos of Middenbeemster: In Middenbeemster, Netherlands, a "soothsaying cow" named Sijtje chooses the Dutch bucket instead the Mexican one, indicating that Netherlands will prevail in its World Cup match with Mexico.

Photo: Sander Koning, AFP/Getty Images

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Jubilation in North Africa: Soccer fans in Algiers celebrate Algeria's advancement to the knockout round of the World Cup
with the kind of enthusiasm generally reserved for winning it.